Should I be worried about the tank seal?

[Snoopdog]

Dang that is tragic. It was a beautiful tank setup! Sorry to hear, hopefully your new tank lasts much longer.

I had that tank less than 2 years, the rate of growth was really good.

 

[Nelve]

Red sea just agreed to send a seam split customer a new tank, see the thread popped up alongside this one

so, contact red sea, and show them that thread in the link for your communication to them

then update us on time to response from rs + quality of response from them, before your issue compounds

Update on reefer 900 seam

Hello so I had a previous thread about my reefer 900 seam problem and what to do about it got a bunch of replies and I’m happy to update a new tank free of cost is being sent By Red Sea!

www.reef2reef.com

They have already agreed to send a new tank, but with the stand sagging I'm worried it'll just happen again. I already purchased an Innovative Marine tank anyway that shipped out yesterday and I'm hoping their tanks are much better quality. Plus having a metal stand sounds much more sturdy. I'd rather avoid Red Sea as of now.

 

[brandon429]

ok thank you for detailed feedback for sure, helpful thread here for others to see the outcomes of handling this stressor, great thread

 

[gmdcdvm]

would definitely contact RS ,they are well aware of these failures , may issue you replacement

If it is under warranty they might. If not good luck. Mine failed 3 months out of warranty. They offered a replacement for a fee plus shipping. By the time I added it all up it was not worth it.
Gerry

 

[Snoopdog]

If it is under warranty they might. If not good luck. Mine failed 3 months out of warranty. They offered a replacement for a fee plus shipping. By the time I added it all up it was not worth it.
Gerry

Not to mention could you sleep at night knowing it was another Red Sea? I could not.

 

[BeanAnimal]

would definitely contact RS ,they are well aware of these failures , may issue you replacement

They appear to have serious adhesion issues. Materials, prep, training… something. You couldn’t give me one. I assume a replacement is going to fail as well.

 

[~MD~Reefs~]

If it is under warranty they might. If not good luck. Mine failed 3 months out of warranty. They offered a replacement for a fee plus shipping. By the time I added it all up it was not worth it.
Gerry

How much were they asking? My seam is failing and also out of warranty so I might just go a complete different direction

 

[littlefoxx]

I just noticed that the seal seems to be starting to separate from my Red Sea reefer 525. I’ve had it running for 3 years now. Should this be a concern?

I would be scared as heck with RS tanks… especially if its a gen 1 reefer

 

[Derrick0580]

Has anyone thought about taking their replacement reefer tank, trashing the stock stand and building their own, whether it be aluminum or wood, has to be much safer than the rs stands!

 

[gmdcdvm]

How much were they asking? My seam is failing and also out of warranty so I might just go a complete different direction

Well, it has been 8 months or so now. At the time they were offering me $800 for a G2 250 to replace my 260. But, I had to pay for shipping which was not cheap. Probably $1000 total. I went a different way. I had no confidence in their product. To me it felt like throwing away good money at bad money.

 

[~MD~Reefs~]

Has anyone thought about taking their replacement reefer tank, trashing the stock stand and building their own, whether it be aluminum or wood, has to be much safer than the rs stands!

I unfortunately have no tools or building skills lol so it’s not something realistic for me

 

[~MD~Reefs~]

Well, it has been 8 months or so now. At the time they were offering me $800 for a G2 250 to replace my 260. But, I had to pay for shipping which was not cheap. Probably $1000 total. I went a different way. I had no confidence in their product. To me it felt like throwing away good money at bad money.

Oh dang yeah that’s terrible. I’m guessing they’ll charge me more if they even offer any help since it’s a 525. I’ll end up going with a different brand. Now I’m just stressing for my other two Red Sea Tanks lol

 

[UtahReefer]

Sorry to see yet another person having this issue with their Red Sea Tank. Sorry you're going through this. It's the very reason I just replaced my Red Sea with a IM System. I didn't want to wait to see if it would fail like so many others. Your investment and house are worth so much. Don't take a chance with damaging your home. Get rid of the thing and go with another brand.